Microbes and Food

2. What are microbes? Before you make your menu choices, you might need to learn some of the basics about micro-organisms. You can also find out how microbes get into food.

3. Food producers The interactions of microbes with food are actually very complex, and this e-source only covers a tiny amount of what a food scientist needs to know. For background information on the three main areas of food microbiology check out these sections.